Dan's 90G Reef

[Sobo's Reef]

Took it all back apart. Bought a gallon of cleaning vinegar about a month ago to clean out a small tank but now I'm using it to soak the pump in. I'll wait til tomorrow and see how it is. Hopefully it helps

 

[saltkreep88]

If all else fails, bang it on something while it is plugged in. Sounds crazy but I gotten multiple pumps to start back up this way lol

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[Sobo's Reef]

Yeah I took a few smacks at it already Lol just from having it in vinegar for over an hour, there's already crap coming out of it so I'm hoping by tomorrow after work, it'll be like brand new. If all else fails. I'm gonna order a new pump. Probably won't get it til after Xmas tho which stinks but oh well

 

[redfishbluefish]

I hope you opened up the pump and removed rubber gaskets, etc. By opening it up, and pulling out the impeller, it eases the cleaning.

 

[Sobo's Reef]

I hope you opened up the pump and removed rubber gaskets, etc. By opening it up, and pulling out the impeller, it eases the cleaning.

I opened it up as much as I possibly could. Not really a whole lot to it though

 

[Sobo's Reef]

Well a more than a day into a bucket of cleaning vinegar and still absolutely no sound from the motor

I think its safe to say, its dead..

 

[saltkreep88]

Time for a bigger hammer lol

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[Sobo's Reef]

Lol I'm gonna completely clean it off and then see. I ordered another one just to be on the safe side. Not gonna throw this one out just in case it decides to work lol

 

[Sobo's Reef]

Yeah the motor is completely dead. Hammer isn't working Lol

On another note, my alk has dropped to under 9° and my calcium is slowly coming back up. New pump was ordered and did a 5g water change yesterday. Everything seems to be doing okay now. Lost a few pieces but I'm glad that's all so far

 

[kschweer]

I'm almost positive that pump has a 1 yr warranty. Not sure how old it is but it may be worth looking into.

 

[Sobo's Reef]

Already tried. It was out of warranty by a month :/ just my luck

 

[Sobo's Reef]

Well I'm waiting for my new pump, supposed to be here tomorrow

I think I solved my alk/calc issue tho. Everything is stabilizing so that's good. I have to cut up a few colonies though to avoid complete bleaching out :/

Has anyone that used BRS Soda Ash experienced crystallizing inside of the container??? The bottom of my container is a solid now, well part of it is

 

[downbeach]

Is there a crack in the container? Loose fitting top?

 

[Sobo's Reef]

No cracks, I have the lid on tight with a hole poked in the middle for the line

 

[jgraz]

I've noticed that when it gets cold It will crystallize. Warms up and it's fine again. I keep my extra in the garage where it gets pretty cold though.

 

[Sobo's Reef]

That makes sense. Guess I'll have to warm it up

 

[Sobo's Reef]

Just got done chopping up 4 different colonies to prevent complete bleaching

 

[saltkreep88]

It's a hard way to learn, but I am glad to see it stabilized for you

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[Sobo's Reef]

Yeah and I'm glad it only messed with a few pieces. So I should be thankful lol

 

[Sobo's Reef]

So its official guys, me and the girlfriend will be moving about 4 mins away to a townhouse in the same complex Lol figures, just when I get everything back to normal, I gotta think about tearing it all down and moving it.

Supposed to move the first week of Feb. Just wanted to see if anyone knew any tricks of the trade for moving around a fully stocked tank?